Palm Announces Verizon Treo 755p!

17 Responses to “Palm Announces Verizon Treo 755p!”

chipk, on December 17th, 2007 at 4:01 pm Said:

How about a functioning GPS chip to work with Google Maps?
Troutman1, on December 17th, 2007 at 4:29 pm Said:

Can you use voice dial with Bluetooth with this model?
TREOinmypocket, on December 17th, 2007 at 4:32 pm Said:

Glad as I am to see this I am disappointed by PALM’s stunning inability to get out of its own way.

Google maps for mobile isn’t much good without gps and while I can certainly use tomtom or the like it is additional cost and components.

Verizon recently announced it will be opening its netwrok in 2008 and while devices will still have to be CDMA compliant I expect you will see device manufacturers making CDMA versions of their popular phones by then. Why does that matter to Treo lovers and PALM?

Because the TREO is stuck in old cumbersome technology that, while it was once cutting edge, is about to fall down the basement steps. Competitors wanting access to the verizon treo market (a huge market by any standard) will likely start picking Palm off by Christmas 2008.

PALM is making a classic mistake. They are trying to cut they’re way out of poor performance financially. They need ot spend their way out.
ilabelu, on December 17th, 2007 at 6:05 pm Said:

over the weekend, i happened to compare the specs of the 700p (of which i own) and the 755p. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, unless you consider the width and weight a change.

i don’t see this as an upgrade. i agree, there should be a gps chip included. every other cell phone is gps capable. you would think a smartphone would be smart with a gps chip too.

palm needs to get with the times. i love my 700p, but would like something more stable and with a better internet browser that works like broadband, not dsl or dial up.
Dr.Grace, on December 17th, 2007 at 6:47 pm Said:

What about the most important issue: whether the Verizon 755p has the same buggy ROM and poor performance as the 700p?
herickso, on December 17th, 2007 at 7:00 pm Said:

While I have been a Palm user and Treo fan for quite some time, I see Palm losing ground to RIM since the Blackberry Curve came out, and this version of the Palm doesn’t deliver enough additional functionality to hold or grow their marketshare. Missing things like the bluetooth 2.0 stereo headset connection or increasing the camera to a 2 megapixel, or as stated above not including GPS or 802.11 wireless. Voice activated anything is not a substitute for these features, because most people don’t want to have shouting matches with their cell phone in a public place - only in your car will it be worthwhile, but then most upscale cars have bluetooth built in now. If it is more stable than the 700p it will be an improvement, but stability alone won’t get them more customers - that is assumed by most users.
zhang, on December 17th, 2007 at 7:18 pm Said:

All is good and dandy, but the two MAJOR issues that the Treo suffers is

1.) Bluetooth ver. 2.0+ support.
2.) Camera sucks

All the other improvements are welcomed, but those two issues have never been improved for the Treo. Technically there is no reason why these two issues have not been addressed. I think it is some kind of political issue.
zhang, on December 17th, 2007 at 7:25 pm Said:

What I meant is that the bluetooth is stuck at version 1.2! What kind of idiotic idea is this?

Also camera really sucks. Pictures and video taken by the Treo is really poor. I don’t really care about he resolution, but he camera has poor light detection and terrible lens.
sometimessilent, on December 17th, 2007 at 8:53 pm Said:

I own the Sprint 755p and love it.

My camera seems to work fine. I even had a few folks ask me which camera I had used to take certain shots. It works best with well lit scenes though and also if give it time to focus. The biggest issue is being able to hold the phone still.

As in all cameras without Image Stabilization, camera shake can blur a pictures.
jazmaan, on December 18th, 2007 at 2:15 am Said:

Far too little and much too late.
mccwho, on December 18th, 2007 at 5:37 am Said:

I still won’t buy a new Treo, still can’t justify the cost benefit difference. Whats the improvement?? New package same features.
Maybe Palm should get with Nokia. If the N series internet tablets (linux based) and palm could merge into a single product, they would rock the market. And I would but it even if it were bigger!
Oh well, wishes that will never come true.
higa27, on December 18th, 2007 at 6:58 am Said:

I applaud Palm/Verizon’s effort in releasing a new……I mean another phone to their line up. What saddens me is that this phone was released on Sprint ages ago and its nothing even Palm fans would go for. I’m hanging on to Palm by a thin string and on the other side lies a remarkable Iphone, Android Platform, and numerous HTC phones that have too much features to count. I must say though, I am excited of the 800w which supposedly has wifi included. Although I do not care for the Windows Mobile Platform, I will have to make some adjustments if I want to test out the wifi capabilities.
ralphg, on December 18th, 2007 at 12:47 pm Said:

wifi???
ncc1701p, on December 18th, 2007 at 3:52 pm Said:

Well.. too little too late.. Already bailed out to another device.. I moved to a new company that uses Treo’s alot. So I got a sprint 755p. I was very disappointed at the lack of reset button, MINI-Sd.. really who uses mini-sd . I use micro and regular. No GPS… still crashes even with just a few contacts installed. Its time to innovate or die. Palm says by palm laws that they wont ALLOW two radio device in there. Meaning cellular and GPS. So they automagically shot themselves in the foot. Unless they change they are doomed. I mean.. realistically look at Palm vs. RIMM vs. Apple Stock. Its night and day.
dhayes, on December 18th, 2007 at 9:53 pm Said:

I have been a long user of the treo. Recently I switched to the iPhone and it falls a mile short of the treo except in regard to the iPod features. The business apps were much better on the treo (email, text, docs, cut&paste, customization, etc.). The things I like best about the iPhone is how thin it is- .4 inches (half the 755p). The iPhone sync capabilities are also good, but notes don’t sync and you have little control. I will switch back to the treo, but it sure would be nice if they would update case and make it thinner, like black jack or rim.
tdj, on December 19th, 2007 at 8:15 am Said:

I agree with above comments. AND, coming from Europe, one may wonder if Palm even realizes that there is a world outside the USA and Sprint ?

Let me tell you something Palm: Europe has high buying power too. We like SmartPhones. But we do not have the Sprint network, or your phone technology.

Palm was an excellent platform many years ago, but today their top-of-the-line phones still look like my Palm m105, and still have crawling slow WAP access when not in the USA.

Just imagine: the computer magazines here in Denmark at least test some 20 smartphones.. and not ONE of them is a Palm model. You can’t buy Palm in the stores anymore (3-4 years ago, the Tungsten was the top models there).

Here in Europe, phones that use Windows CE 6 / Nokia Symbion / Blackberry totally dominate. Palm is out. Why ? Because manufacturers like HTC and Nokia have learned from consumers: there is 3G, WiFi, GPS, superb camera and a nice looking OS. Add to that lots of memory and fast processors.

Palm really needs to come up with good products in 2009 if they want to re-gain Europe. Personally I think the battle is lost forever. Palm is not a name you think of anymore. It’s a product for organizers that you buy second-hand. Not for today’s business phone.
Eric B. Rypins, on January 7th, 2008 at 5:51 pm Said:

I am disappointed that you cannot use Voice Dial with bluetooth. The wired headset is not practical. Otherwise the phone seems to have a better bluetooth connection with my headset than my 700p did. I upgraded after 1 month mainly because the antenna kept getting stuck in my pocket.